Anyhow, I guess I should have known that professional athletes had their own magazine, but I didn't. And once Bog friend John Keim noted that OT had an advertisement for a 103-inch Panasonic plasma TV which retails for $69,999.95, I figured that OT really deserved its own post. Here are a few things I noticed.

1) An ad for an auction of a 29,000-square-foot, 3.5-acre Vero Beach estate.

2) An advice column on whether and when to hold out for more money. (Subhead: "Skipping training camp or pre-season games isn't always the best way to re-negotiate your next deal.")

3) An article about Chris Webber's restaurant dreams, which led me to the Center Court with C Webb Web site, whose menu includes a 44 oz. "Fab Five" burger which goes for $29.50, and also "C Webb's Game Day Chicken Sandwich," which is a chicken breast with American cheese, lettuce, ketchup and tabasco, which C Webb apparently eats three hours before every game.

8) Advice columns on mental preparation, when to leave the team for personal reasons, and how to relieve knee pain without drugs or surgery.

9) A first-person piece from former Ravens receiver Patrick Johnson. The piece was apparently his final exam for a journalism course he completed after his playing career ended. My favorite passage:

I am a firm believer in the notion that the power of the pen is mightier than the sword. ESPN, CNNSI and the NEW YORK TIMES foolishly hand over power to people that don't deserve to have it. In a sense, these people kill others daily through their venomous and malicious words.

All in all, it's a great magazine, and the good news is that OT is moving from four issues a year to six, so that "there will be more useful, life-altering information to help you on and off the field on a bimonthly basis."